Sheep theft on Baird’s Cape Radstock run, 2-6 November 1850

Date: 2 Nov 1850
Place: Cape Radstock, Streaky Bay
Between 2 and 6 November, the shepherd Townsend report Aboriginal people coming to the station in increasing numbers, plundering his hut and driving off sheep. On 6 November he reported that they came in a gang. He fired upon them, wounding one man, before fleeing to Pinkerton’s neighbouring station.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Sheep theft on Baird’s Cape Radstock run, 2-6 November 1850
    2 Nov 1850 — Cape Radstock, Streaky Bay
    Between 2 and 6 November, the shepherd Townsend report Aboriginal people coming to the station in increasing numbers, plundering his hut and driving off sheep. On 6 November he reported that they came in a gang. He fired upon them, wounding one man, before fleeing to Pinkerton’s neighbouring station.
    (See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
    Source: Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier